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Hi, I'm Steve Coughran.

I started Boosting Your Financial IQ with the goal of helping people like you to achieve financial freedom. When you attain both financial and philosophical freedom, you gain the ability to create, grow, and become your best self, thereby enabling you to positively impact the lives of others. This is how, together, we can change the world.

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I’m Steve Coughran, and I’ve been incredibly blessed in my life—both in the talents and abilities God has given me and in the opportunities I’ve had to use them. Yet, for much of my career, I’ve been too timid to share these gifts with the world on a larger scale. Early in my journey, I realized a major gap in financial skills among leaders—including myself.

At just 16 years old, I started a landscape business in my sister’s garage and grew it into a multimillion-dollar company. But I lacked the financial literacy to properly understand my business’s financials or leverage key drivers like profit and cash flow. As a result, I left significant money on the table and missed opportunities to strengthen my financial foundation. I don’t want others to make the same mistakes.

Years ago, I started teaching financial literacy through workshops like Boosting Your Financial IQ and Strategic Financial Leadership. Both were a resounding success. This inspired me to launch the Boosting Your Financial IQ podcast, which has since grown to over 1 million downloads and become one of the top business financial literacy podcasts in the world.

However, I’ve realized that my reach has been limited. I’ve played it safe, hesitating to share my love for strategy and finance with as many people as I could. That changes in 2025. From now on, I’m making all courses from Boosting Your Financial IQ completely free—no gimmicks, no strings attached. These aren’t watered-down programs or marketing tools in disguise; they are better than many of the paid courses out there.

So, why give them away? I’ve been fortunate to achieve financial success, but I’ve reached a crossroads: keep these programs paid and accessible to thousands who can afford them, or make them free and potentially impact millions of lives. For me, the choice was clear. True fulfillment comes from helping people transform their lives through financial literacy, not from adding more zeros to my net worth.

This decision is also my way of giving back—to honor the God who has shown me grace and given me the drive to love and serve others.

Growing up in a single-parent household with six siblings, money was always tight. We always had an abundance of love, thanks to my incredible mom; but when it came to money, there was never enough.

Witnessing my mom struggle to make ends meet ignited a fire within me – I wanted a better financial life.

The only problem was I started my journey in business completely clueless about finances. Financial statements might as well have been written in a foreign language - and strategy? It was a concept that eluded me entirely.

Fast forward two decades, and my life has undergone a radical transformation.

I've been fortunate to have amazing opportunities to turn around billion-dollar companies, engage in mergers and acquisitions, and grow countless organizations, both big and small, across various industries--all the stuff I love doing. The best part has been meeting incredible people along the way.

None of this would have been possible without investing in my financial skills and acumen.

Our mission is to empower 10 million people worldwide with the knowledge and skills to enhance their financial IQ, thereby fostering a global community of financially free individuals. How do we achieve this? By teaching principles of finance and strategic thinking, impacting one person at a time.

Now it's your turn. Let me help you fast-track your way to success and show you exactly what you need to know in finance to become a powerhouse in your business.

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